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Restaurant Insider with Anne Lee
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ANNE LEE
speaks with 7-Eleven Hawaii’s category manager of fresh foods DEBBIE LEE SOON
and competition winner KALEB MOLINA
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ANTHONY CONSILLIO
7-Eleven Hawaii is empow- ering our future culinary leaders and supporting
local agriculture with an annual competition of students enrolled in the culinary programs at Kap- iolani and Leeward Community Colleges.
What makes this fun and chal- lenging for the students is that they have to follow the different criteria and parameters determined each year, and the first-place winners will have their dish featured at all 7-Eleven Hawaii locations for a limited time.
This partnership started in 2018, and first, second and third place winners are chosen by judges and awarded a cash prize. I spoke with 7-Eleven Hawaii’s senior category manager of fresh foods, Debbie Lee Soon, and this year’s winner, Kaleb Molina of Leeward CC, to learn more about this annual event and his winning dish, a vegan riga- toni pasta ($5.99 on Oahu and $6.59 on the neighbor islands), which rolls out March 29. This will be available at all 7-Eleven Hawaii locations statewide, chilled in their food display case or heated in the warmer ready to go, depending on the time of day and location.
(From left) Anne Lee, competition winner Kaleb Molina and 7-Eleven Hawaii’s category manager of fresh foods Debbie Lee Soon show off Molina’s prize-winning meal.
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